Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says he does not want to make an issue of the team's recent bad starts as it could affect the confidence of the players, and accused Southampton of time-wasting after the 1-1 draw at St Mary's on Sunday.

Arsenal repeated their poor start from last week against Manchester United as Per Mertesacker gave the ball away after just three minutes, setting up a quick attack for Southampton that was finished off by Charlie Austin.

Southampton (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Substitute Charlie Austin netted a decisive stoppage-time penalty as Southampton weathered a valiant fightback by 10-man West Ham United on Saturday to record a 3-2 victory.

Southampton ended a club-record run of six home games without scoring to go 2-0 up through Manolo Gabbiadini and Dusan Tadic, with West Ham’s Marko Arnautovic sent off in between for elbowing Jack Stephens.

Southampton (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Substitute Charlie Austin netted a decisive stoppage-time penalty as Southampton weathered a valiant fightback by 10-man West Ham United on Saturday to record a 3-2 victory.

Southampton ended a club-record run of six home games without scoring to go 2-0 up through Manolo Gabbiadini and Dusan Tadic, with West Ham’s Marko Arnautovic sent off in between for elbowing Jack Stephens.

Southampton got their Europa League campaign off to a raring start with a comprehensive 3-0 victory over Sparta Prague at St Marys on Thursday evening.

Charlie Austin scored twice inside the first half-an-hour before his late replacement,Jay Rodriguez, emerged from the bench to snatch a third in the final minute of stoppage time to secure the Saints a first win under new boss Claude Puel.

Looks like Southampton are within spitting distance of tying up the bargain of the window so far with the snaffling of Charlie Austin.

It's all over Twitter that Austin willalmost definitely be a Southamptonplayer by close of play today after the Premier League side agreed a £4million fee with QPR for the striker, who has subsequently passed a medical this morning.

Kingston upon Hull (United Kingdom) (AFP) Robert Snodgrass and Michael Dawson scored within two minutes of each other to end Hull's six match Premier League losing streak with a 2-1 win over Southampton on Sunday.

Hull who had lost their previous six encounters with the Saints had gone behind to a sixth minute penalty by Charlie Austin.

Kingston upon Hull (United Kingdom) (AFP) Robert Snodgrass and Michael Dawson scored within two minutes of each other to end Hull's six match Premier League losing streak with a 2-1 win over Southampton on Sunday.

Hull who had lost their previous six encounters with the Saints had gone behind to a sixth minute penalty by Charlie Austin.

Another week of Premier League action, another fascinating round of matches. Chelsea’s defensive frailties were on show again in their 3-0 defeat at Arsenal, and Liverpool made the most of Ahmed Elmohamady’s red card to beat Hull City 5-1 at Anfield. These are the 11 players who made the biggest impact on matchday six.

Louis van Gaal's face said it all after Manchester United succumbed to their 6thloss of the season. The venue Old Trafford and the club Southampton but this felt like the same old song and dance for the Dutchman.

Saturday's 0-1 loss to Southamptonis another damning defeat for the club especially given that they had seemed to turn a corner of sorts.

Louis van Gaal's face said it all after Manchester United succumbed to their 6thloss of the season. The venue Old Trafford and the club Southampton but this felt like the same old song and dance for the Dutchman.

Saturday's 0-1 loss to Southamptonis another damning defeat for the club especially given that they had seemed to turn a corner of sorts.

Newcastle lost their 12th game in 23 league games as we remain in really deep trouble in the Premier league in 3rd bottom place. But once again it was a day when Newcastle players continued to miss their chances. Jamaal Lascelles pulls one back for Newcastle And that came on a day that Charlie Austin [.

Southampton travel to Old Trafford on Saturday with the aim of upsetting Manchester United. The Saints have won two on the bounce since losing consecutive games at West Ham and Norwich and site 10th after 22 games.

Charlie Austin could make his debut for the visitors after completing his £4million move to St.

Southampton travel to Old Trafford on Saturday with the aim of upsetting Manchester United. The Saints have won two on the bounce since losing consecutive games at West Ham and Norwich and site 10th after 22 games.

Charlie Austin could make his debut for the visitors after completing his £4million move to St.

Crystal Palace's transformation under Alan Pardew has been extraordinary for anyone following the club's progress. From a side that was struggling for Premier League survival, the Eagles have risen through the ranks of the Premier League and are now mixing with the top half of the table.

Southampton (United Kingdom) (AFP) Italian international forward Manolo Gabbiadini joined League Cup finalists Southampton on Tuesday for a fee believed to be around £14.5million (16.8m euros, $18.2m) from Serie A side Napoli.

The 25-year-old scorer of 58 goals in 215 appearances in Italy signed a four-and-a-half-year contract and will the club hopes supply goals that have been largely lacking since Charlie Austin suffered a shoulder injury.

Southampton (United Kingdom) (AFP) Italian international forward Manolo Gabbiadini joined League Cup finalists Southampton on Tuesday for a fee believed to be around £14.5million (16.8m euros, $18.2m) from Serie A side Napoli.

The 25-year-old scorer of 58 goals in 215 appearances in Italy signed a four-and-a-half-year contract and will the club hopes supply goals that have been largely lacking since Charlie Austin suffered a shoulder injury.

One of Newcastle's big weaknesses last season is that we didn't have a recognized reliablegoalscorer in the ranks and we failed to sign Charlie Austin when we had ample opportunity to do that last summer and in January and in the end Southampton snapped his up for just £4M. If we had signed Charlie [.

There's a report in the Guardian today that the main reason Newcastle didn't go after Charlie Austin this month was that some on the Board thought he has a dodgy knee and so that's the reason we didn't make a move for him even though his asking price was only £4M, when the Saints snapped [...]

Steve McClaren has given the biggest hint yet that Newcastle still want Charlie Austin, who we were interested in over the summer but would not match the QPR valuation of £15M. Steve has been interviewed and he has said Charlie will stay on Newcastle's radar screen. Charlie Austin on Newcastle's radar screen This is [.

The Rest

With Jamie Vardy currently the flavour of the week (that particular flavour being a subtle mix of WKD blue, ecstasyand two-stroke oil), we thought we'd tip our hat to a few of the other players who have hauled themselves from the non-leagues to the top table of English football at acomparablylate age.